On the third day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Guanghe, the weather was sunny, cloudless and windless, but it was extremely cold.
Early that morning, Gongsun Xun got up as it was dark again, then came out of Feng Zhi's room to wash up, and finally went out without even having breakfast.
Everyone in the mansion has long been accustomed to this, and has even prepared for it, because when it comes to the day of gymnastics and Cuju, Gongsun Xun always has to go to the school field in person to have dinner with the strong men from each team who gathered last night, without exception.
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As for today, it is said that it is the most strenuous part of the exercise, the so-called "armed attack training", that is, being fully armed, bringing enough food and grass, and imitating marching for dozens of miles. You may even have to set up camp in the place, and then complete the encirclement and suppression of a certain place.
Only the beasts on the top of the mountain can disband and return. As for Gui Cao, outsiders have always been prohibited from watching, unlike Cuju... The days when the Cuju League is held are always like a festival. Except for one high eunuch who doesn't like it, almost all the big and small families in the city don't like it.
Everyone should go and see it, it is really lively and interesting.
"Husband." After the two concubines finished binding their husband's armor, Zhao Yun stepped forward and took the broken knife in her hand. "I hope my husband will have a good harvest this winter hunting."
After arriving at the destination during previous training sessions, we usually had to hunt for prey on a certain mountain as a final exercise, so it was not a bad idea to hunt in winter.
"I hope so!" Gongsun Xun took the knife and said with a smile. "It's still early, my mother is probably still asleep, and it's normal to have to go to the school grounds every now and then in the past two months, so I won't go and look for it.
Say hello to mother, you don’t need to see me off, just wait for mother to get up later and take care of her for me."
Zhao Yun and Gongsun Xun looked at each other and bowed slightly in reply, without saying anything extra.
"Don't worry, Mr. Lang, we will definitely make mother happy." Feng Zhi, who was on the side, quickly responded when she saw this, and her face immediately turned red. "You have to come back early today."
"Take care, sir." Bian Yu also leaned forward and bowed.
Gongsun Xun didn't take it seriously and directly put the broken sword on the inside of his armor, then went out and let out a breath of white air before heading straight out.
"Let's clean up and then go have breakfast with Mother." After the other party left the yard, Zhao Yun turned back and glanced at the two concubines. "Ah Zhi went to my room to help me bring the cat."
Feng Zhi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and immediately did not dare to say any more.
At the same time, on the east side of Xiangping City, next to a water source, located between the governor's mansion and the east city gate, the Prime Minister of Xiangping County and his householder Cao Wangxiu were also chatting with someone.
"Today we have to work hard for Mr. Tian." Shen Ping greeted him kindly. "Today is a training, and it is a training for all members. It requires a lot of food and grass. I also ask Mr. Tian to open the barn door as soon as possible. Someone will enter the city later.
Transport food."
"Oh, it's my duty, what's the harm?" The person opposite was Tian Shao. After this guy resigned as county magistrate, Aunt Gongsun seemed to feel a little sorry for her son, so she took the initiative to find a person in charge of Chang Pingcang in the county for this guy.
Three hundred stone warehouse official position.
From the county to the county, the reputation is not bad. And since Changpingcang was invented by Li Kui, it has long become the main official warehouse in the Qin and Han Dynasties, not only for storing disaster prevention and war preparations, but also for storing troops for disaster prevention and war preparation.
It has the daily functions of stabilizing food prices and mediating the market, and even handles the distribution of salaries, so it is not a sinister job, but a prominent position.
"I wonder how much grain and fodder need to be transferred today?" Tian Shao led the other party into the yard in front of the warehouse, and then asked someone to take out the account books and inquire about the records carefully.
"The food will cost fifty thousand dan, and half of the fodder will be taken away." Wang Xiu stepped forward and held out the document and said seriously. "In addition, the sundries needed for this march, such as tents, oil, salt, vinegar, etc., will be doubled!"
Tian Shao took the two documents that were sealed by the prefect, which everyone in the county knew, and handed them back without opening them. Then he motioned to the assistant behind him to record them in the record... Unexpectedly, the assistant held a small
The pen and ink dripped on the paper, but my eyes were dumbfounded and I couldn't write a word, as if I was frozen by the weather.
"Is there any problem?" The judge held the knife and narrowed his eyes and asked the assistant.
"Yeah, what's the problem?" Tian Shao couldn't help but frowned. "Isn't it just fifty thousand dan, and then double the tent? It's not like the tent will not be returned, a little salt and vinegar, this is too much..."
"Takura Cheng," the clerk tremblingly handed over the account book and fine pen. "This matter is of great importance, how about you write it?"
"Why not?" Tian Shao immediately grabbed the account book impatiently, and then picked up the pen to write, but as soon as he wrote a word, he raised his head dumbfounded. "Five, fifty thousand dan? You two, tent.
, salt and vinegar are fine, and fodder is not bad, but fifty thousand shi of grain...Did the county magistrate Shen and Wang Hucao make a mistake?"
"That's right," the judge replied without hesitation, holding his sword. "It's exactly fifty thousand shi of grain. The civilians have gathered outside the east city gate at this time. They are just waiting for the Cangcheng to open the warehouse before entering the city to get it."
Tian Shao looked pale and hesitated to speak, but he didn't know what to do... Because, as he just said, everything else is easy to talk about, but these 50,000 shi of grain are too sensitive!
Stone is a very interesting unit of measurement. It is first of all a unit of capacity. One stone in the Han system is about 20,000 milliliters. However, since its main purpose is to measure grain for the national economy and people's livelihood, it was quickly extended to
The unit of weight is that one stone of grain, that is, 20,000 milliliters of corn, is about one hundred and twenty Hans to make a catty, so there is another saying that one stone is four jun, and one jun is thirty Hans to make a catty; finally, because grain is often used as official salaries,
Therefore, Shi was soon extended to an official rank...
But no matter what, whether looking at the unit of capacity or the unit of weight, one stone of grain should be about one hundred and twenty Han system kilograms, and if we consider that one kilogram under the Han system is about one-half of the later
Market catty, a quarter of a kilogram, so roughly treating one stone of corn as 30 kilograms of grain for future generations still won't make any difference.
Fifty thousand shi is equivalent to 1.5 million kilograms, or three million jins of grain. This figure, if we don't take into account transportation losses, can save 10,000 people on food for more than half a year.
And thinking about it this way, it's no wonder Tian Shao was stunned... He thought it was five hundred stones just now!
"Don't be kidding, Chief Judge Shen?" Tian Shao's hands were trembling and he could only grit his teeth to verify. "Fifty thousand dan... It's just a training day. Even if it is disbanded tomorrow, it will only feed three meals for four to five thousand people. How can we need 50,000 dan?"
"This training is to imitate the grain transportation." Shen Zhengnan said without shame. "Take out 50,000 shi of grain, escort it to Xuantu County, and then send it back. The people transporting grain at the door have their animals and carts ready.
Already."
"Why use real food?" Tian Shao was speechless. "Just make 50,000 stones of adobe to look like..."
"My county prince likes to use real food and real fodder... so what?"
"this……"
"Tian Cangcheng, don't say these words," Shen Pei was obviously a little impatient. He directly took a step forward with the knife and asked seriously. "I just ask you, Youzhou County in Liaodong has a vast territory and a large population, and there are support from the surrounding areas.
The four counties are responsible for border defense, so there won’t even be 50,000 shi of grain in this warehouse, right?”
"It's natural." Tian Shao explained hurriedly. "But the purpose of hoarding food is for border preparation and disaster prevention. Apart from sending troops and providing relief, how can we send out so much in one go..."
"I've said it all, don't say this," the judge asked again, holding the knife and taking a step forward, forcing the person in front of him to take a step back. "Let me ask Tian Cangcheng again, is our document fake? What's on the document?
Is the county government seal fake?"
"Of course..."
"In this case, what does this matter have to do with Tiancang Cheng?" Shen Pei continued to ask. "If something really goes wrong, do you think our Gongsun County Lord will shirk the blame and implicate you officials? Besides, it's only fifty thousand dan.
If it is really lost when you go out, can’t the Gongsun family afford to pay for it?”
At this time, Wang Xiu also hurriedly stepped forward and said seriously: "Tian Gong, there will be a great harvest outside the Great Wall this year. The fine rice in Liaodong City now costs four hundred yuan per stone. The corn in the warehouse is mixed with old rice from previous years.
It's only two hundred and twenty yuan per stone... Fifty thousand stone is only about ten million yuan. And if you look at the current price of gold on the market, it's only seven or eight hundred gold. Plus this year's great harvest outside the Great Wall, do you really think
Our county can’t afford the compensation?”
Tian Shao was silent for a moment... He naturally understood this truth. In fact, according to his estimation, even if the Amway did not specialize in purchasing grain, the grain stored in various warehouses outside the Great Wall at this time would probably be 50,000 dan.
However, the more this happened, the more he was a little shocked, because the Lord of Gongsun County did not use his own food, but used the official warehouse, as if to facilitate the centralized transportation of the civilians outside the city, and considering that the other party had previously mobilized the entire county's elite soldiers to train troops
, what Cuju did was clearly premeditated and then intended to do something big beyond his imagination.
It's really beyond imagination... Training troops and using official rations to go out of the city can't be a rebellion, right? Tian Shao could only think this way at the beginning, but if there is a rebellion, why not launch it directly in Xiangping City? Why put it in Xiangping City?
Food shipped out?
When Shen Pei saw that the other party's expression was uncertain and he knew that the other party was a little shaken, he loosened the hand holding the knife, stepped forward and said frankly: "My county prince has a saying, I came to tell Mr. Tian that what happened today will be ruined."
He will not implicate anyone; when things are done, he will not forget everyone's help! As for what happened, you will all know in a few days."
Tian Shao sighed... Yes, even with the worst idea, that is, if the Gongsun family really wanted to rebel, he might be able to sweep across Liaodong in a short time. Even if he didn't want to be a thief, he had to deal with current affairs.
Bar?
Besides, it seems like they don’t want to rebel, right? So, let’s just avoid this!
"Fifty thousand shi is fifty thousand shi." Tian Shao gritted his teeth and lowered his head to record, but he couldn't help but ask. "But the matter is very important at this time. Can I report it to the Lord afterwards?"
"As soon as the food leaves the city later, I'm afraid the city will be alarmed." Shen Pei couldn't help but smile. "But if Mr. Gaofu ignores it, Mr. Tian and the other assistants in the warehouse department might as well wait for two or three days. By then, my family will
The county prince will definitely be very grateful."
When Tian Shao heard this, he relaxed even more... and allowed himself to tell the prefect that nine times out of ten there was not a rebellion, and as long as it was not a rebellion, who cares?!
"The account books have been entered," Tian Shao put away the account books and said with his hands. "I will have people move the threshold of the courtyard gate, check the grain and grass, and ask the county magistrate to have people come into the city to transport them immediately... while it is still dark,
There aren’t many people there yet, so transportation is faster at this time.”
"That's how it should be!" The judge took a few steps back, leaned down and saluted. "Thank you so much, Mr. Tian... I think Mr. Tian will be famous all over the world for this in the future."
Tian Shao couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The city gate had long been opened under the order of the county captain. Yesterday afternoon, the civilian husbands and young men who had been ordered to arrive at the school ground in the east of the city with their weapons, country cars, and animals had actually had breakfast in the school ground. At this time, they were in Han Dynasty.
They led the troops into the city to transport grain and grass... The news they received was that the county was about to send 50,000 shi of grain and a lot of fodder to Xuantu, so they were invited by Gongsun County Lord as part of the drill.
Although this feels a bit like conscripting labor, it doesn't matter if someone organizes it. Anyway, there is food to eat, and Xuantu is too close, so it is just a few days of hard practice... After all, two months of continuous exercises and Cuju
It actually made these people trust Gongsun Xun to a certain extent.
Fifty thousand shi of grain, plus half a warehouse of fodder, must be a lot, but in front of thousands of civilians who had been prepared, as well as a large number of livestock and vehicles, it was just easy. Not to mention Wang Xiu's command, blocking the road, entering the city from the right, and leaving the city.
From the right... In the end, everyone left the city when it was already dark.
Although the city was already bustling with people at this time, even Aunt Gongsun's confidant Cui Qiyi, who came out to buy in the morning, only heard from passers-by that the county government sent grain and grass to Xuantu, temporarily recruited armed civilians, and then temporarily closed the road.
That's all... He didn't think about it. In fact, Aunt Gongsun didn't see her son the next day, so she asked him casually, and after learning about it, she didn't think much about it.
After all, it is only more than a hundred miles from Xiangping City, the county seat of Liaodong County, to Goguryeo City, the county seat of Xuantu County (yes, that is the place where Goguryeo was located before the rebellion, which was the county seat of Xuantu County, and later the northeastern side of Shenyang). With enough vehicles and livestock,
Under such circumstances, it would only take two or three days to travel along the main road.
However, after walking for only two days, on the morning of the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Gongsun Xun suddenly changed his route, crossed the frozen Xiaoliao River to the west bank of the river, and skipped Goguryeo City to continue walking north. On the third day
, that is, on the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he actually did not order the people to leave again. Instead, he stayed in the camp on the west bank of the Xiaoliao River. He even asked the people to dig ice in the frozen river to fish and improve food.
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The civil servants were composed of teams, and the captains of each team were elected and had always been prestigious. In the past two months, Gongsun Xun had these teams continue to be eliminated and integrated during the exercises. The more outstanding teams were formed according to the Han military system.
The so-called two teams and one tun, two tuns and one tune, and five tunes and one tune were left out in total, which happened to be a thousand people. The remaining fifty or sixty teams were roughly divided into five and six.
The compilation of Tun Yiqu has compiled a large volume of two to three thousand people.
But no matter what, the military structure was in place, and Gongsun Xun had also accumulated some prestige, and there was enough food and grass, so these civilian men and strong men did not think too much, they just followed their words... Until that afternoon, in the west of the camp,
Smoke and dust were billowing from the side, and it turned out that there were thousands of cavalry coming from the west bank of the river. However, if you looked closely, you could see that most of them were horsemen.
"You don't need to panic. Go back immediately and tell the people in our team that these Huqi have been recruited by Prefect Xuantu and will go with us to Gaoxian, Xuantu County in the north."
Lu Fan and Han Dang were each in charge of one unit. At this time, they were holding swords and leading dozens of subordinates to explain to the two officers who had already been summoned.
Although the officers of the two groups had some drills, they still had a civilian mentality, so they started talking endlessly as soon as they dispersed.
"It's time to transport food and recruit barbarian cavalry. I'm afraid there will be a war on Gao Xian's side!"
"I heard that Goguryeo's powerful ministers wanted to usurp the throne, so they wanted to fight abroad to establish their authority. However, I am constantly practicing in Liaodong, and the Goguryeo people will definitely not dare to come..."
"Are you saying that the Goguryeo people are going to attack us Xuan Tu? I'm afraid they don't have the guts, right?!"
"Brother Wang is mistaken. I mean that the Goguryeo people are afraid of attacking the Buyeo people, but don't you, the people of Xuantu County, always send troops to support the Buyeo people?"
"Brother, you are right! It's just a pity that we only need to transport grain?"
"If Brother Wang is seeking merit, you can wait until the disbandment to join the army?"
"Humph, under the nobles of our Xuantu County, fighting as a ranger, even if you have made meritorious service, you may not be able to get a birth certificate, right? How to get there? It's better to have hope here!"
"Brother, what do you think?" Seeing the people around him talking about it, and the confusion getting more and more complicated as the explanation reached the bottom, the ranger leader named Liu from Ping Guo couldn't help but ask a question to the person next to him.
"Qu Chang is joking, how do I know this?" The person who was asked was also the former number one hunter in Liaodong named Liu. His face turned red at this time. "But if they are those dwarfs from Goguryeo, it's not like we haven't seen them in the mountains and forests.
However, I’m not afraid even if we fight, maybe we can make some achievements, but I’m just afraid that it won’t be a problem for us civilians.”
"Who says it's not the case?" The middle-aged ranger leader couldn't help but become a little anxious. "I'm afraid that I will come back after delivering food, which has nothing to do with us. You must know that I was young and experienced a lot, and I know that the most rare thing in the world is that no matter where you are born,
, a noble man who can clearly distinguish rewards and punishments for everyone, is finally under the command of Gongsun County Lord, but can't intervene in a war, isn't it worrying? "
The middle-aged hunter named Liu also sighed.
In other words, although the two men had very different origins, because they had the same surname Liu, they were both selected into the elite tribe of a thousand. The ranger leader became a civil defense commander (he did not dare to be called a military prince), and the honest Orion became a military commander.
I met a village chief in Qu Nei, but I became more and more familiar with it day by day.
Just when the two were about to continue discussing, the Hu Qi on the west bank of Xiaoliao River on the other side lined up clearly and entered the camp gate under the leadership of several people. So the two quickly threw away these words and each took their deployment.
, like everyone else, he held his equipment and came to the road in the middle of the camp to watch the people coming.
Unexpectedly, in front of all the Hu Qi and Hu nobles, there were actually two young aristocratic sons dressed as Han people. Gongsun Xun, who was standing in the middle of the camp, looked at these two people. Although his eyes were smiling, he was still smiling.
He wore his crown and armor, held his sword in his big cloak, and then led Lu, Lou, Shen, Han, Wang and others to stand calmly, motionless.
"Greetings, brother!"
"I haven't seen you for a few years, brother, how are you doing?"
These two young nobles with thousands of horsemen dismounted as soon as they entered the camp. As soon as they came to Gongsun Xun, they actually fell to the ground.
"Ah Yue, Ah Fan, thank you both for your hard work." Gongsun Xun raised his hand slightly, but did not mean to step forward to help the other person up personally. It was not that he was trying to show off, but that the three of them were tacitly understanding each other and wanted to use this to establish their authority.
"We haven't seen each other for several years, but Ah Yue is getting better and better; and Ah Fan... well, Wen Dian, I feel ashamed that I delayed going to Luozhong because of my affairs."
"Originally, I really wanted to go to Luoyang with Brother Bogui, but I couldn't help but be overjoyed when I received a letter from my brother. The battle of Danhan Mountain is not around the corner. This time I am about to see the power of my brother!" Gongsun Fan said with his head held high and his hands raised.
It's a set of sets.
Of course, Gongsun Xun knew that this guy was not telling the truth... That day, this guy was indeed planning to go to Luoyang with Gongsun Zan, who had promoted Xiaolian, but Gongsun Zan did not want to see this direct lineage brother, so Gongsun Fan took the initiative at that time
He stayed at home and planned to miss some time before going to Luoyang, but he didn't want to suddenly receive a private message from Gongsun Xun sent by Zhao Bao.
That's right, Gongsun Xun recruited these Huqi this time, following the path of his wife Zhao Yun, using the name of his father-in-law Zhao Bao, and then asked Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan to do it in western Liaoning. Of course, this
There were some twists and turns in the process. For example, my father-in-law refused at first, but fortunately, everything was reduced. How could my father-in-law, a mama's boy, stand up to my father-in-law, who was both courageous and transparent?
Where is your grandmother-in-law?
So, the matter was finally agreed upon, and Zhao Bao followed Gongsun Xun's wishes and sent Mohu Xianbei, Duanbu Xianbei, Wuhuan Chanyu Qiu Liju's nephew Tadun's private army, and three elite Hu Qi
, together with several scattered mid-level tribes, totaling more than 3,000 horses, led by Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan, directly took the documents from Liaoxi County and came here via the Liaoxi Road.
After meeting the two clan brothers, Gongsun Xun looked at the several Hu leaders behind him.
In other words, although the leader Taodun has some status, he respects Zhao Bao after all, and he also knows that the person in front of him is no longer the ordinary man who only led a few people in front of the battle to save others... The battle of Danhan Mountain was unknown to everyone in northern Xinjiang.
...So, I put away my sharp edge for the time being and bowed respectfully.
Then, Duan Riyuming, the Xianbei leader of the Duan tribe who met Gongsun Xun for the first time, also hurriedly stepped forward to bow respectfully and salute... You know, there is a reason for Duan tribe to be so respectful. This Xianbei tribe lost its battle after the Battle of Liucheng.
After losing the foundation, they were almost annexed by the Wuhuan people and taken back as slaves. Fortunately, the leader Duan Riyuming had always had some knowledge. After escaping, he gathered a large number of the remaining local Xianbei forces after the defeat and confessed to Zhao Bao.
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Therefore, he not only regained a foothold, but also became the representative of the Xianbei forces supported by the Han Dynasty. The Duan tribe became increasingly powerful, and among the Xianbei people in western Liaoning, he was no worse than the Mohu tribe.
However, Duan Riyuming's respectful bow did not have a very good effect. Instead, it seemed a bit embarrassing and not respectful enough.
Because immediately after, Mohu Zang, who had been waiting for this moment, suddenly stepped forward. In front of thousands of Han troops and thousands of barbarians including his own tribe, he fell to the ground and hugged Gongsun Xun's foot tightly.
Cry loudly!
"During the Battle of Tanhan Mountain, the slave was separated from his master. He thought he would be searched and killed, but he was separated from his master. However, he did not expect that with the blessing of God, he was still alive to see his master again!" Mo Hu burst into tears.
Under the rain, I kept crying and almost cried to death. "I didn't expect that I would be able to do such a great job for you!"
Most of the people, including Shen Pei and Taodun, were stunned. Duan Ri Yuming, Wang Xiu and other honest people all turned red. But Lou Zibo, who had seen this person's level, Gongsun Fan couldn't help but treat him coldly... Okay, Shaodong
Become an adult!
"Mo Hutou, please stand up," Gongsun Xun endured the cold and helped him up. "I am the commander-in-chief of this expedition to Goguryeo. I am asking Mo Hutou to help me. How can you wrap your arms around my feet?
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As soon as these words came out, those nobles from both sides, Hu Qi and Han Hu, were nothing more than that, but the onlookers of the Han army gradually became commotion. Finally, suddenly the camp could no longer suppress it, and the whole camp cheered so loudly that the sound shook the Liaohe River.
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Everyone was shocked for a moment and didn't understand what he meant. Mohu Zang was too shocked to cry anymore when he saw this.
——————I am the dividing line that cannot cry——————
"When Taizu was in Xiangping, he secretly formed an alliance with Goguryeo people with the intention of overthrowing him. It was agreed that he would secretly summon the Han and Hu people. However, he was afraid that the military system would be established and he did not dare to fight. So he pretended that the Han army was transporting military supplies and said that the Hu cavalry would hunt in winter.
, crossed the Liao River and gathered the dialects to attack Goguryeo. The crowd could not retreat, so they agreed." - "Xin Yan Shu". Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu
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